The Western Wayne Athletic Conference (WWAC), is a high school sports conference located in

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. It was formed in 2009.

Formation and Expansion

The WWAC was formed by 11 of the teams of the former Michigan Mega Conference after it disbanded in 2009. The league began play that same year. The league expanded in 2013 with the additions of Clarenceville, and until summer 2013, Inkster. Many rivalries from the Mega were carried over to the WWAC, including the rivalries from Dearborn and Dearborn Heights. Annual crossover games had also maintained the football rivalry between Garden City and Edsel Ford, until 2015, when division realignment forced the teams to put the game on hiatus. In 2018, Belleville, Dearborn and Fordson all left the WWAC to join the

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, while Edsel Ford left the same year in favor of joining the

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. These losses forced the WWAC to get rid of the Red and Blue divisions and have all the remaining WWAC members play under the same division. The next year, in 2019, Clarenceville left the WWAC in favor of joining the Michigan Independent Athletic Conference, and in exchange, Melvindale High was brought on from the

Member schools

Current members

Former members

*Inkster joined the WWAC during the 2012–13 school year and played spring sports. However, before Inkster could start their first full season in the WWAC, their school district closed. This resulted in the high school closing which gave Inkster no choice but to withdraw from the conference.

Membership Timeline with Football Divisions

DateFormat = yyyy ImageSize = width:750 height:auto barincrement:20 Period = from:2009 till:2021 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal PlotArea = right:30 left:0 bottom:50 top:5 Colors = id:barcolor value:rgb(0.99,0.7,0.7) id:line value:black id:bg value:white id:WWACRed value:rgb(1,0,0) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member of the WWAC Red id:WWACBlue value:rgb(0,0.3,1) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member of the WWAC Blue id:WWAC value:rgb(0.6,0.6,0.6) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member of the WWAC PlotData= width:15 textcolor:black shift:(5,-5) anchor:from fontsize:m bar:1 color:WWACBlue from:2009 till:2017 text: Belleville (2009-2018) bar:1 color:WWACRed from:2017 till:2018 bar:2 color:WWACBlue from:2009 till:2015 text: Dearborn (2009-2018) bar:2 color:WWACRed from:2015 till:2018 bar:3 color:WWACBlue from:2009 till:2015 text: Dearborn Edsel Ford (2009-2018) bar:3 color:WWACRed from:2015 till:2018 bar:4 color:WWACBlue from:2009 till:2017 text: Dearborn Fordson (2009-2018) bar:4 color:WWACRed from:2017 till:2018 bar:5 color:WWACRed from:2009 till:2017 text: Dearborn Heights Annapolis (2009-) bar:5 color:WWACBlue from:2017 till:2018 bar:5 color:WWAC from:2018 till:end bar:6 color:WWACRed from:2009 till:2013 text: Dearborn Heights Crestwood (2009-) bar:6 color:WWACBlue from:2013 till:2015 bar:6 color:WWACRed from:2015 till:2018 bar:6 color:WWAC from:2018 till:end bar:7 color:WWACRed from:2009 till:2015 text: Dearborn Heights Robichaud (2009-) bar:7 color:WWACBlue from:2015 till:2018 bar:7 color:WWAC from:2018 till:end bar:8 color:WWACRed from:2009 till:2015 text: Garden City (2009-) bar:8 color:WWACBlue from:2015 till:2017 bar:8 color:WWACRed from:2017 till:2018 bar:8 color:WWAC from:2018 till:end bar:9 color:WWACRed from:2009 till:2013 text: Redford Thurston (2009-) bar:9 color:WWACBlue from:2013 till:2018 bar:9 color:WWAC from:2018 till:end bar:10 color:WWACRed from:2009 till:2015 text: Redford Union (2009-) bar:10 color:WWACBlue from:2015 till:2018 bar:10 color:WWAC from:2018 till:end bar:11 color:WWACBlue from:2009 till:2013 text: Romulus (2009-) bar:11 color:WWACRed from:2013 till:2017 bar:11 color:WWACBlue from:2017 till:2018 bar:11 color:WWAC from:2018 till:end bar:12 color:WWAC from:2013 till:2013 text: Inkster* (2013-2013) bar:13 color:WWACRed from:2013 till:2017 text: Livonia Clarenceville (2013-2019) bar:13 color:WWACBlue from:2017 till:2018 bar:13 color:WWAC from:2018 till:2019 bar:14 color:WWAC from:2019 till:end text: Melvindale (2019-) ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:1 start:2009

Sports Supported

The WWAC supports Football, Basketball, Golf, Swimming, Cross-Country, Track, Soccer, Wrestling, Baseball, Softball, Tennis, Volleyball, and Bowling.

Athletic History

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